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Han Yu 韩愈

韩愈（768-824），字退之，汉族，唐河内河阳（今河南孟县）人，世称韩昌黎。唐代古文运动的倡导者，为唐宋八大家之首，与柳宗元并称"韩柳"，有"文章巨公"和"百代文宗"之名，著有《韩昌黎集》四十卷，《外集》十卷，《师说》等等。 Han Yu (768-824), of the Han nationality, from Henei, Heyang (what is now Mengxian county in Henan province), was

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Tai Lihua: Moving China with One Thousand Hands 邰丽华：感动中国的"千手观音"

2005年央视春节晚会，由21位聋哑演员演绎的舞蹈《千手观音》，以优雅的舞姿与音乐的完美融合，和她们发自心灵深处关于爱的表达，征服了电视机前的亿万观众，把晚会推向高潮。亿万观众记住了《千手观音》，同时也记住了一个女孩的名字：邰丽华。 At the CCTV Spring Festival Gala of 2005, a dance The Thousand-Handed Goddess of Mercy presented by 21 deaf

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Chinese Table Manners

Because the Chinese have developed an exquisite cuisine and regard food as being most important in a man’s life, they do not greet each other with “How are you?” but instead they ask, “Have you eaten?”

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Chinese grammar: For with 为wei

When you work for a company, or do other sorts of physical (and even mental) activities for another party, you’re likely to use the Chinese preposition 为 (wèi), which is often translated into English as "for," a translation which is often unnatural or unnecessary, depending on the particular phrase. The super common Mao-era phrase, 为人民服务 ("serve the people"), doesn’t need the word "for" in English, for example.

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Chinese phrase translation: 开小灶 (kāi xiǎo zào) to give special favor

开小灶 (kāi xiǎo zào) to give special favor; special treatment Usage: “开小灶”的来源：一般集体伙食中，常用大锅做饭，大家吃的都一样，而“开小灶”指的就是单独做一些其他的好吃的东西给少数特别的人吃。后来用来比喻提供超出一般的待遇或条件。口语中，经常使用“为/给某人开小灶”这一结构。 The original meaning of “开小灶” is to providing

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